insane: add checking to standardize how .bbappend files do FILESEXTRAPATHS

When adding patches or config files from bbappend files, it requires
the use of FILESEXTRAPATHS, which has been an issue and failure point
for people starting to work with bitbake and oe-core.

We add checking to standardize how to use FILESEXTRAPATHS. Only the
format of:
  FILESEXTRAPATHS_append := ":${THISDIR}/Your_Files_Path" or
  FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/Your_Files_Path:"
is acceptable.

[YOCTO #5412]

(From OE-Core rev: 69e083237e632f7d84a7b218dd12d1a5ad95a229)

Signed-off-by: Hongxu Jia <hongxu.jia@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
index 53942365ab..09d9fc1508 100644
--- a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
@@ -1047,6 +1047,19 @@ python () {
     # Check various variables
     ###########################################################################
 
+    # Checking ${FILESEXTRAPATHS}
+    extrapaths = (d.getVar("FILESEXTRAPATHS", True) or "")
+    if '__default' not in extrapaths.split(":"):
+        msg = "FILESEXTRAPATHS-variable, must always use _prepend (or _append)\n"
+        msg += "type of assignment, and don't forget the colon.\n"
+        msg += "Please assign it with the format of:\n"
+        msg += "  FILESEXTRAPATHS_append := \":${THISDIR}/Your_Files_Path\" or\n"
+        msg += "  FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := \"${THISDIR}/Your_Files_Path:\"\n"
+        msg += "in your bbappend file\n\n"
+        msg += "Your incorrect assignment is:\n"
+        msg += "%s\n" % extrapaths
+        bb.fatal(msg)
+
     if d.getVar('do_stage', True) is not None:
         bb.fatal("Legacy staging found for %s as it has a do_stage function. This will need conversion to a do_install or often simply removal to work with OE-core" % d.getVar("FILE", True))
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/utils.bbclass b/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
index 0ee13e04d7..0f2a484091 100644
--- a/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ def explode_deps(s):
 def base_set_filespath(path, d):
     filespath = []
     extrapaths = (d.getVar("FILESEXTRAPATHS", True) or "")
+    # Remove default flag which was used for checking
+    extrapaths = extrapaths.replace("__default:", "")
     # Don't prepend empty strings to the path list
     if extrapaths != "":
         path = extrapaths.split(":") + path
diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 135461518c..5872d1d12c 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ FILES_${PN}-locale = "${datadir}/locale"
 FILE_DIRNAME = "${@os.path.dirname(d.getVar('FILE'))}"
 # FILESPATH is set in base.bbclass
 #FILESPATH = "${FILE_DIRNAME}/${PF}:${FILE_DIRNAME}/${P}:${FILE_DIRNAME}/${PN}:${FILE_DIRNAME}/${BP}:${FILE_DIRNAME}/${BPN}:${FILE_DIRNAME}/files:${FILE_DIRNAME}"
+# This default was only used for checking
+FILESEXTRAPATHS ?= "__default:"
 
 ##################################################################
 # General work and output directories for the build system.